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Kyrgyzstan’s Social Development Minister discusses child labour in Geneva
On June 2, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Social Development Kudaibergen Bazarbayev met with senior officials of the International Labour Organization in Geneva.
Kazakhstan focuses attention on child labour
On October 29, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population hosted a roundtable meeting that discussed the elimination of the worst forms of child labour.
ILO to share lessons on alternative green livelihoods in Central Kalimantan
The Island of Kalimantan, particularly Central Kalimantan, is home to unique ecological systems that include tropical peat swamp forest. However, due to land degradation, some local communities in the Ex-Mega-Rive Project (EMRP) area of Central...
ILO to promote food security and sustainable livelihoods in Kupang
Food insecurity is one of the most significant development constraints in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province of Indonesia. Food availability is significantly impacted by severe agro-climatic conditions and seasonality. Although the Government of NTT...
Youth employment
Sweden joins ILO initiative in Zambia for rural youth
The ILO-led UN Joint Programme with FAO on decent work and food security will create job opportunities for young entrepreneurs along agricultural value chains and will boost food security for rural populations in Zambia.
World Food Day
ILO says cooperatives key to boosting food production
Agricultural cooperatives – the theme of the 2012 World Food Day – are a vehicle for decent lives and decent work, according to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
Agricultural cooperatives
Message from ILO Director-General on World Food Day
12 June – World Day against Child Labour – Launch of the Thai Frozen Foods Association’s Policy against child labour and forced labour,...
To mark World Day against Child Labour, members of the Thai Frozen Foods Association launch their policy with commitment to promoting a safe and motivating working environment that is free of child labour, forced labour and discrimination.
Contribution to the ILO International Women’s Day Panel: Empower Rural Women - End Hunger and Poverty by Ms. Sue Longley, Coordinator...
Questions and Answers
Questions and answers on food security
Recent food price shocks threaten some 1 billion people with hunger. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence that climate change, along with rampant commodity speculation and lack of social protection are contributing to widespread food insecurity,...
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Global South-South Development Expo 2011: ILO Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security
As part of the forthcoming 2011 Global South-South Development Expo, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be hosting a Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security on 6 December at FAO headquarters in Rome,...
Press release
ILO and chocolate and cocoa industry forge new partnership to combat child labour in West Africa
Eight companies in the chocolate and cocoa industry – ADM, Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Ferrero, The Hershey Company, Kraft Foods, Mars, Incorporated, and Nestlé – have pledged US $2 million to a new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the...
Labour migration and child labour in Kazakhstan
How to protect labour migrants’ rights and prevent child labour? These issues topped the agenda of a roundtable meeting focusing on working conditions of migrants employed in agriculture in the Almaty region.
UN Ministerial Conference, 2009
UN Ministerial Conference meets to review social policy options for a region, hard hit by the global economic crisis
The global economic and financial crisis has affected all countries, and Kazakhstan was no exception. In early 2009 the country faced a difficult situation on the labour market, particularly in oil- and gas-producing regions, Gulshara Abdykalikova,...
UN Ministerial Conference, 2009
UN Ministerial Conference to address the social impact of the economic crisis in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey
High-level representatives from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey will examine regional policy responses to the economic crisis at a UN Ministerial Conference jointly organized by four U.N. agencies (the ILO, UNICEF, FAO and UNDP) and hosted...
ILO meeting to discuss employment in an increasingly globalized food and drink industry
More than 70 senior representatives of workers and employers organizations, along with governments, gather here on 24-27 September to discuss the impact of globalizing food chains on the 22 million people employed in the food and drink processing...